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A Dietary Treatment Can Help Lower High Blood Urea Nitrogen

2013-01-09 09:07

Blood urea nitrogen (BUN) is one product of protein and it belongs to small molecules. Normally, our kidney can filter it successfully, but to the person with kidney disease, blood urea nitrogen will build up in their blood. A dietary treatment can help lower high blood urea nitrogen and assist the whole treatment. If you have a high BUN level, you had better abide by the following diet.

◆ Eat high-quality protein and limit the whole amount

A glass of milk, one egg and o.1kg of lean every day is enough to satisfy your need of protein. Extra protein will increase the workload on the kidney, so you should limit the whole amount of protein intake.

◆ Avoid the foods which contain purine

Animal giblets, seafood, meat, hyacinth bean, peanut spinach, etc, all can contribute to high blood urea nitrogen. Therefore, you should make a strict diet plan when your BUN level is higher than the normal.

◆ Lower animal fat intake

Fat can inhibit the discharge of uric acid (UA) and then increase BUN, so you should eat less fat, especially the animal fat.

◆ Eat more fresh vegetables, fruit and grains

These three kinds of food contain high carbohydrate which can improve the discharge of uric acid, so the blood urea nitrogen can be excreted along with uric acid. Then the dietary treatment can help lower high blood urea nitrogen.

◆ Drink correct amount of water

If your kidney can produce urine normally, you needn’t to control the water intake and more water can increase the urination to discharge the blood urea nitrogen. However, you should drink less water to reduce the workload on your kidney.